Abstract Manager

Oral

OC1-2-3

yes

General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)

Oral

Education Research

Other

Faculty member

no

Gender and age effect in integrated French Multiple Mini Interviews. A maturity issue?

Since the implementation of MMI in three French-speaking medical schools in Québec in 2009, higher scores are obtained by female candidates. Analysis of scores by gender and by age shows interesting patterns. The objective of this study was to study the effect of gender, age and their interaction in MMI scores.

Scores on MMI from 2009 to 2019 were assembled and standardized on a common scale with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 50. Anova on mean scores and graphical presentations were used for analysis.

Results were obtained for 14,615 candidates and mean age was 21.5 (sd =3.7). Mean score for women (n= 8,837) was 505.2 (sd = 47.4) and 492.7 (sd = 51.4) for men (n= 5,778). ANOVA showed a significant effect of gender (F=7.536; p=0.006) and age (F=12.969, p<0.001) and no interaction between gender and age. While male have lower scores at all age groups, a clear parallel progression of scores by age for both gender groups is seen until the age of 25-26y, with a significant drop of scores for both groups after 27y.

MMI scores are significantly associated with gender and age. A non-linear U-shape progression of MMI scores is associated with age. While the delayed progression of MMI scores in male applicants could be explained by a possible lag in maturity, drop of performance for both groups after 27y is more challenging to interpret. Some implications of those effects on students cohorts will be discussed.

Student selection

MMI

gender effect

General

Admissions

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes